Chapter 24: First Battle

The power of the ejection tank's sudden activation caused the unprepared Xiao Ran to press on the back of the chair all at once, but with his physical fitness almost two to three times that of ordinary people on Earth, he adjusted his posture in an instant. Seeing the ejection channel quickly crossed on the monitor, Xiao Ran pushed lightly with his hand at the position where he was about to reach the end point, pressed the buttons on the joystick with his left hand except the thumb, and stepped hard with his feet, the six thrusts of the jetpack The flames were ejected from the gun at the same time, making Jean reach the highest speed when the ejection was completed.

"Ding, number 678 got the first mecha, mecha model: Jean; mecha level: D+, whether to complete the side mission of the same level to convert the mecha into an exclusive mecha: yes/no."

"Ding, the branch mission of the new faction is triggered. Rescue the advance fleet of the Eighth Fleet of the Earth Army. The completion of the task will be judged according to the number of remnants of the advance fleet at the end of the battle. The degree of completion will affect the final rewards. When the loss of the advance fleet is greater than 9% More than 10 determines that the task has failed, there is no penalty for task failure, whether to accept: yes/no.”

The voice that came out of Xiao Ran's mind did not affect his emotions. The shield on Jean's shoulders was erected in front of him. As soon as the Archangel came out, he made a climbing maneuver and quickly raised himself up, and then quickly observed the surrounding movements. .

The Archangel and the Nazca-class warships are engaged in a fierce confrontation. Missiles and lights are flooding the middle of the two warships and flying everywhere. The Strike Gundam has already rushed into the chaotic battlefield of the advanced fleet and the ZAFT army farther away. , being entangled by the Holy Shield, he could only help the advance fleet weakly.

In front of the Archangel, the yellow Mebius Zero also confronted two Zeons, relying on flexible maneuvering and the surprise of the wired pods, it also played impressively. It can be said that the combat power of the Archangel alone is One-third of the combat power of the ZAFT army has been involved and it has been tied. However, the seven warships of the entire advance fleet and more than 30 MA can't resist the remaining third of ZAFT's combat power. It can also be seen from this How incompetent the Earth Army is.

Taking advantage of the time when Gene hadn't joined the battle, Xiao Ran's mind was running fast, and he thought through the two prompts in less than ten seconds: "The exclusive mecha mission can be abandoned, and the last main mission has not yet appeared. Maybe I can get a better body in the future, so I don’t need to waste time on it. Side missions can be accepted, and with Lacus on the Archangel at worst, the mission can be completed, which means that this reward is It’s nothing. As for Fleur’s father, it’s his luck if he survives, but it looks like it’s also hanging.”

Xiao Ran glanced at the main ship of the advance fleet that was being taken care of by the ZAFT Army in the monitor. It was also the only Nelson-class ship among the seven warships. At this time, it was being stared at by a Lorasia-class ship and two Zeons. From time to time, Jin would send a swarm of bullets towards the Nelson class, making Xiao Ran shiver involuntarily: "It's better not to die."

"Lieutenant Xiao Ran, what are you doing! Why don't you join the battle!" Bucky Lulu's angry voice suddenly burst out in the communication channel, making Xiao Ran smile shyly: "It's Lieutenant Bucky Lulu, you know the newcomer?" I also need to familiarize myself with the modified body, otherwise I will just deliver food when I go up."

"Hmph." Bucky Lulu just snorted after listening to Xiao Ran's explanation, and she also accepted Xiao Ran's statement, and lowered her voice a little: "Go and help Captain Mu defeat Jin and then hurry to rescue Kira .”

"Received." Xiao Ran nodded and hung up the communication. After rejecting the exclusive airframe mission, he accepted the side mission of supporting the advance fleet. Suddenly, a percentage figure, 87%, suddenly appeared at the corner of Xiao Ran's eyes. Before Xiao Ran could react,

This number plummeted again by 10% with a burst of light on the monitor in the cab.

"Damn!" Xiao Ran turned his head and saw that the light came from a warship belonging to the Earth Army, and there were only six Earth Army warships left: "Why don't you be so careless!"

Xiao Ran snorted, his eyes were all focused, and he drove the mottled Lightning Jean to the place where Mebius fought Zero.

Lightning Jean turned into a stream of light in the universe at a speed similar to that of MA and flew towards the Mobius Zero. Under the high-speed advance, Lightning Jean's beam rifle kept firing at a Jean The gun fired, and the left hand touched back, a beam saber popped out instantly, and in just a dozen seconds, it rushed to the center of the battle between the Mebius Zero and the two Zeons.

When he missed the middle of the two Jeans, Lightning Jean's left arm swung forward unexpectedly and cut off the legs of one of the Jeans, bursting out a burst of flames in the universe.

The Mebius Zero also took this opportunity to pop up four wired pods, shooting at the Zeon whose legs had been cut off by Lightning Gene in four directions, up, down, left, and right. Completely turned into a mass of fragments.

"Good job!"

"Thank you for the compliment." Listening to Li Mu's voice on the communicator, Xiao Ran just gave a wry smile and pulled the sense of operation, causing Lightning Gene to draw a big arc in the universe before realigning the remaining one. Jean, then sprint again.

"I don't think you're driving MA, right?" Mu's doubtful voice reached Xiao Ran's ears.

"This body is faster than the MA, but it's not as strong as the Strike Gundam!" Xiao Ran replied helplessly, "And it's not a whole body like the MA, and the skeleton hasn't been reinforced, so I'm afraid it will fall apart. .”

Xiao Ran's Lightning Jean does have a speed that surpasses D-class or even C+-class mechas when the propellers are fully activated in the universe. In addition, whether it is performance, flexibility, reaction speed, energy output power, or armor, there is no improvement at all, especially the strength of the body, which can be said to be even more fragile at such a speed.

"Probably not, Zaft's stuff is of good quality..." Mu's voice hesitated, but his hands kept firing at Jin, who was still entangled in the next step.

"Then you have to try again when it's safe." After finishing speaking, Xiao Ran disconnected the communication, and drove Lightning Jean like a nimble poisonous snake, approaching the enemy quickly in a curve.

Facing the attacks of Mebius Zero and Lightning Jean, especially since these two were still high-speed bodies, Jean wisely chose to evacuate. But Lightning Gene didn't let it go. The beam rifle fired six or seven beams of light in succession, each of which was staggered by a slight difference under the changes of Gene's movements.

Seeing that his attack was useless, Xiao Ran also snorted softly: "Run, can you run away? Let me show you what triple speed with red horns is! Wrong, triple speed with horns."

After finishing speaking, Xiao Ran pushed the joystick to the bottom, and stepped on the pedals of both feet firmly. Under Xiao Ran's control, the six propellers of the jetpack, the propellers on the soles of the feet, and the two small injection ports on both legs all burst into intense white light at this moment. En's speed was even higher again, approaching Jin who had fled first with incredible speed.

Even though the Gene thrusters in front had been fully activated, they still couldn't escape Lightning Gene's pursuit. A white streamer with a pink light streaked across, and a group of fireworks exploded along the path of the streamer. out.

"Ding, defeat the D-class mecha of the enemy camp and get 500 combat merit points."

Listening to the hint in his mind, Xiao Ran curled his lips and smiled: "Facing an unknown enemy on the battlefield, he dared to turn his back to face each other, courting death."

After laughing, Xiao Ran drove Lightning Gene towards the most chaotic battlefield without stopping: "Mu, I'll leave the rest to you!"

It took less than thirty seconds for Lightning Jin to sprint to the edge of the battlefield. The speed like streamer shocked everyone in the starry sky. Everyone on the radar and monitor It can be clearly seen that this is a Jean, but how can a Jean have such a speed?

Not to mention whether the strength of Jean's body can support this speed, but to say that the body of Jean's pilot can sustain it at such a speed, and can not make mistakes at such a speed while resisting a strong force The operation is already incredible.

If it is replaced with a Gundam, if it is replaced with a new model that has never been seen before, then only some people will be surprised at this speed. But the body with this speed is a Jean, which makes people feel unbelievable. Too many people in this star field of Jean's body parameters are very clear, especially Zaft, they are the most astonished people among them. They knew very well that Jean's decompression system couldn't support the pilot to operate at such a speed, and the decompression system was closely related to the body's skeleton and it was almost impossible to modify it, so it was incredible to see Lightning Gene.

Unless this machine is not Jean at all, or it is a Gundam wearing a Jean shell, but is this possible?

Lightning Jin rushed into the hearts of everyone in this starry sky like a bright meteor, but no one expected that Xiao Ran was not from this world at all, his physical fitness alone was already three times that of ordinary people, so physically The burden is not a problem for him at all. And the ability to operate the body normally at this speed is entirely because of the skills he possesses that are even more unscientific than Gundam. As long as the body is D-level, he can pass the D-level general-purpose machine. A driving technique to drive normally.

If Lightning Gene becomes C-rank by accident, then Xiao Ran dare not push forward at full speed, because he cannot fully control it, just like driving Assault, it can only display 80% of its performance, and it is easy to make mistakes operate.

Although the Lightning Gene that rushed into the battlefield gave Zaft everyone a strong shock, it really didn't play a big role at all. Not to mention the low shooting rate, he couldn't make normal V-shaped turns and other basic movements. , can only intersperse back and forth in the battlefield, relying on the speed advantage to shoot to force the enemy back.

Every time he interspersed in the battlefield, Xiao Ran felt that he was really dancing with the god of death. Countless bullets passed by, and there were even stray bullets from his allies, which made his scalp tingle. Seizing the opportunity, a Zeon destroyed the battleship and exploded the opponent at the same time, and once again gained 500 battle points.

Xiao Ran didn't dare to slow down the speed of the machine. Once it slowed down, relying on his D-level miscellaneous driving skills, he would not be the opponent of ZAFTJIN, who had the numerical advantage, and there was a Holy Shield Gundam beside him. Staring at it, even once when Xiao Ran was interspersed, he was very close to Strike Gundam. Who knew that Holy Shield Gundam gave up the entanglement with Strike Gundam and rushed towards Lightning Gene. In the front, maybe Xiao Ran has already retreated honorably at this time.